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Surrealism in Egypt - Modernism and the Art and Liberty Group (Hardcover)
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Surrealism in Egypt - Modernism and the Art and Liberty Group (Hardcover)
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In the thick of the Second World War, the Cairo-based Surrealist
collective Art et Liberte were pioneering new art forms and
mounting subversive exhibitions that sent shockwaves across local
artistic circles. Born with the publication of their Manifesto Long
Live Degenerate Art on December 22nd, 1938, the group rejected the
convergence of art and nationalism, aligning themselves with a
complex, international and evolving Surrealist movement spanning
cities such as Paris, London, Mexico City, New York, Beirut and
Tokyo. Art and Liberty created a distinct reworking of Surrealism,
which provided a generation of disillusioned Egyptian and
non-Egyptian artists and writers, men and women alike, with a
platform for cultural reform and anti-Fascist protest. Surrealism
in Egypt is the first comprehensive analysis of Art and Liberty's
artworks, literature and critical writings on Surrealism. By
addressing the group's long-lost and often misconstrued legacy, and
drawing on a substantial body of previously unpublished primary
documents and more than 200 field interviews, the author charts Art
and Liberty's significant contribution towards a new definition of
Surrealism.Moving beyond the polarizing dichotomies of Saidian
Orientalism, this book rewrites the history of Surrealism itself -
advocating for a new definition of the movement that reflects an
inclusive vision of art history.
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